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While film and television will never disappear, new storytelling media have created a vibrant new world full of opportunities for storytellers who are willing to think outside the frame. Video games of various styles on platforms from console to mobile, interactive fiction, virtual reality, augmented reality, digital graphic novels, and other exciting, emerging media allow storytellers to not only find new audiences but also experiment with new forms and techniques. Times haven't been this new and exciting for storytellers since the invention of television, and the experienced multiple media creators on this panel will discuss the creative opportunities and challenges of this new media.

Jillian is the Vice President of Content at Imperative Entertainment where she focuses on the development of original and branded entertainment across all media including film, television, video games, books, comics, and new media. In addition to recently announced features with Ruben... Read More →

Shanon is a video game writer, designer and copywriter living in the San Francisco Bay Area, Last year, she wrote and designed a narrative-driven educational game for kids called Galxyz. Her 15 year career has encompassed every kind of writing -- from journalism, advertising... Read More →

Elias Madias is a writer who has worked with the company Sleep Deprivation Lab as a script doctor on a number of AAA console games, the most recent being award-winning Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor.
Previously, he worked in features in the family genre for multiple studios including... Read More →

Justin Sloan is a video game writer, novelist, and screenwriter. He has written on how to take your writing from hobby to career in such books as Creative Writing Career and its sequel, and on how veterans can pursue their creative passions in his book Military Veterans in Creative... Read More →

GARY WHITTA is best known as the writer of the Denzel Washington post-apocalyptic thriller THE BOOK OF ELI, and co-writer of the science-fiction adventure AFTER EARTH, starring Will Smith. He has worked on a number of high-profile feature film projects, including the live-action... Read More →